We live as ripples of energy in the vast ocean of energy.

— Deepak Chopra

We live in the Age of the Higher Brain, the cerebral cortex that has grown enormously over the last few millennia, overshadowing the ancient, instinctive lower brain. The cortex is often called the new brain, yet the old brain held sway in humans for millions of years, as it does today in most living things. The old brain can’t conjure up ideas or read. But it does possess the power to feel and, above all, to be. It was the old brain that caused our forebears to sense the closeness of a mysterious presence everywhere in Nature.

— Deepak Chopra

We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.

— Deepak Chopra

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.

— Deepak Chopra

When our internal reference point is the ego or self-image, we feel cut off from our source, and the uncertainty of events creates fear and doubt.

— Deepak Chopra

When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change.

— Deepak Chopra

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

— Deepak Chopra

When you make a choice, you change the future.

— Deepak Chopra

When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.

— Deepak Chopra

Without silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud.

— Deepak Chopra